Friday, October 19, 2012

Wow.
It has been yet another week. Actually, this week was a very eye-opening
week.

Investigators:

(This is
why it was eye-opening) We realized that pretty much none of our investigators
are actively doing anything to progress in the gospel. They don't read
unless we go over and read with them. They don't come to church unless we
wake them up by pounding on the door. And they pray rarely if at
all. So...We are pretty much "dropping" almost all our teaching
pool. We only had 11 lessons this week, but that is because we are going
to really start focusing on finding the elect.

B: She's
doing great! It is truly amazing how we receive revelation for those we
teach. During General Conference, I remember hearing someone speak that
said, "Are you doing this for yourself or for the Lord?"
(Something along those lines). Immediately, I thought of B, and how I
LOVE teaching her and we have become great friends, BUT as a representative of
Christ, I need to do what is best for her. I thought that she needs to
start attending or at least try out the singles ward. After talking to my
companion about it at length, we invited and suggested for her to try the
singles ward. She went on Sunday to Jeff's ward that he is serving
in. I am hoping she had a great time. We will find out tomorrow
when we meet with her with President B.

Food
Report:

Monday:
Tilapia

Tuesday:
Chili

Wednesday:
Beef sub with ajus

Thursday:
Cheeseburgers

Friday:
Roast Beef

Saturday:
Sausage

Sunday:
Roast Beef

This Week:

-I wrote
home about this, but at P-Day Activity this last week I scored a
TOUCHDOWN!!! That's right! Wooo! And during my celebration, I
threw the football on the ground and it bounced up and smacked me in the
face. Great...

-Zone
Training Meeting went well. I love my zone. We are all really
close.

-Interviews
with President Black went well.

-It POURED
this last week. And, it started hailing! Crazy. We got pelted
with ice from the sky.

-I
finished reading "Jesus The Christ"! Wow. What an
inspired book. My testimony has grown immensly about the divine mission,
message, and ministry of Christ. You NEED to read this book.

-Did
service for a member throwing away shingles. They were heavy and I think
I pulled a muscle in my back and it hurts a little every now and then.
Don't worry, I still worked out with the firemen this morning. Now I'm
dying.

-Did a
finding activty called a "Treasure Exchange". It is when people
donate thing, and then we put them outside and give them away for free and talk
to people about the gospel. We gave away 10 computers and 5 TVs for
free! When we were carrying the computers out, we were all
pretending to be Oprah and yelling, "AND YOU GET A COMPUTER!" "AND
YOU GET A COMPUTER!" Haha! And copy machines and lots of
stuff. It was very successful for the Spanish speaking
missionaries. Not so much for us.

-Went to D
and A’s baptisms this weekend. They requested we come. They were
both amazing. A's was in Spanish. It was fun to sing in Espanol!

-Taught
the Priests in the Las Vegas Stake last night for a Fireside. We had all
the missionaries in the stake participate and we paired up with the Priests one
on one and practiced teaching the Restoration and then taught it to one of the
leaders who pretended to be an investigator. It was so much fun and so
great. My "companion", did really well and he is only 16. I was impressed.

Spiritual
Thought:

The
service we gave to the member this last week took longer than expected. I
started thinking, "Ugh! We need to do weekly planning, and mormon.org time, and [this] and
[that],..." Well, immediately, like flipping a light switch on in a
room, revelation came immediately and reminded me of President Uchtdorf's
General Conference talk. I remembered the part about how life is a
journey, not a race. We need to enjoy the moments we are in. I put
away those negative thoughts and just focused on having fun. I sang to
myself, enjoyed the weather, etc. It was great! I need to do this
more with my life. Too often I feel like there is some destination I need
to reach and I just need to hurry, hurry, hurry. I need to slow down and
enjoy my life.

I love you
all! Thank you for all your love and support and prayers and
everything! Uncle A! Feel better soon! I love you very much!